The 2024 Pulitzer Winners & Part 2 of Moms, Dads, and Grads Recommendations

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🗓️ 8 May 2024

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Jeff and Rebecca spend a few minutes talking about yesterday's announcement of the 2024 Pulitzer prizes before getting into more book recommendations for moms, dads, grads, and others. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Looking for a thoughtful Mother’s Day gift? Go beyond the tried and true flowers and chocolate and give the gift of reading with Tailored Book Recommendations! Our bibliologists are standing by to help your mom find her next favorite read, delivered right to her inbox or doorstep. And with gifts starting at just $18, there’s something for any budget! Head to mytbr.co/gift to send the gift of reading to the book nerd in your life! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova S.A. Cosby The Iceberg by Marion Coutts What Looks Like Bravery by Laurel Braitman On Living by Kerry Egan Real Self-Care by Pooja Lakshmin The Cartographers by Peng Sheperd The Will of the Many by James Islington H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald Kazuo Ishiguro Maggie O’Farrell The Bee Sting by Paul Murray ZAAAADIEEEE, ZAAAADIEEEEE Girl at War by Sara Novic 10 Must-Read Books by Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard-of-Hearing Authors Alibis by André Aciman A Walk in the Park by Kevin Fedarko NK Jemisin The Architect’s Apprentice by Elif Shafak This Strange, Eventful History by Claire Messud Victory City by Salman Rushdie My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai Stephen Graham Jones Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay The House of Char by Scott Hawkins The Hacienda by Isabelle Cañas Come and Get It by Kiley Reid Dark Academia Authors What is Dark Academia Recent Dark Academia Books Birnam Wood Peter Heller The Overstory by Richard Powers The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown The Hopefuls by Jennifer Close While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams Great Expectations by Vinson Cunningham Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders Someone Like Us by Dinaw Mengestu Company by Shannon Sanders Eclipse Fever by Walter Abish Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.0	This is the Book Red Podcast. I'm Jeff O'Neil. I'm Rebecca Shinsky. And today we are doing two things. We are doing a quick check-in with the
0:40.3	2024 Pulitzer Prizes, which were announced yesterday.
0:44.0	And then we're going to wrap up our annual moms, dads, and grads,
0:48.0	recommendation Extravagansa, so that you guys can get any relevant shopping done before the, you know, prime shopping season begins.
0:59.0	Let's see, before we get too far into it, I do want to mention that if you are looking for a great
1:04.6	Mother's Day gift or Father's Day gift or graduation gift or just gift gift.
1:09.6	Or a treat yourself.
1:10.6	Treat yourself my tBR., which is book rights, tailored custom book recommendation
1:16.8	service. Our bibliography, that's what we call them, will respond to your requests or
1:22.4	your gift ease request for reading
1:24.3	recommendations and either there are a couple different ways you can do this they'll
1:28.3	either send you an email with three recommendations per quarter or or you're feeling fancy, you can get actual real physical books delivered to your door or your giftees door.
1:42.0	The plan started just 18 bucks. Go to my t-B-R.co slash gift. There's a link in the show notes.
1:49.2	My t-B-R. dot-co slash gift to get moving. It's a great, oh it's Mother's Day today in 15 minutes.
1:57.0	Oops, print it out, put it in a card, wham, bam, there you go, mom, for the rest of the ideas you can check out the the side over there
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